Given the importance of ­timber to the rural Scottish economy – with 10million tonnes forecast to be harvested every year for the foreseeable future – readers will perhaps be surprised to learn that ...

Thousands of tonnes of timber have been transported by rail in a six-week trial in the Highlands. Three trains a week have been running since last month, transporting about 6,000 tonnes of timber - ...

PHILOMATH - Logging railroads were an easier way to get timber from the forests to the mills in the early 1900s. Not that the journey was easy. The rail lines usually were improvised and minor ...

PLANS to remove timber freight from Welsh roads have moved a step closer after a four-week trial was declared a success. PLANS to remove timber freight from Welsh roads have moved a step closer after ...

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Thousands of tonnes of timber have been transported by rail in a six-week trial in the Highlands. Three trains a week have been running since last month, transporting about 6,000 tonnes of timber - ...